News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

We all rushed to pick it up. The prize
was won by Swedish captain, who i'm
mediately pocketed it.
When we arrived at the landing the
Swedish captain invited me on board
his ship. We had been so intimate dur
ing our stay here that the rest of the
party could not take offense at this pref
erence; but how anxious they were tC
know the contents of that note! 1 IL
sisted that no gentleman could ask, MOI
would any divulge its contents, which
Justly belonged to its captor. Once on
board, the note was opened, when an
agitation seized the captain which made
him appear to me like a lunatic.
Captain, he said, handing me the
note, ''you are married, and circum-
stances have proved how much you love
your wife. / am unmarried and have
fallen desperately in love. Help me by
your advice. What shall I do? My
ship is ready to sail and the wind is fair.
/ do not own the vessel or cargo, and
therefore have no right to detain her.
Read, and tell me what to do"
As my own marriage had been very
romantic this affair was doubly exciting
to me. The note was written in a good
English hand as follows:
''I know you are Christians and will
save me from this life of degradation.
Entombed in this harem, from which
there Is no other way of escape, Iappeal
to you in mercy to save me. God,
know, will open your hearts, give wis
dom, and guide you tomorrow night to
a silken thread thrown from this window.
near where you found my note. To the
thread attach your answer. Death
awaits discovery"
The night was spent in devising
means of rescue. The captain swore
upon the Bible that he would marry her
if rescued, and if she would consent
Jewels are most priced when most diff
cult to obtain. was In full sympathy
with his feelings, and when the day
broke our plan of action had been deter
mined. / saw that he was untitled to go
to sea, his head being entirely turned,
and to ease his conscience upon the
point of duty pointed out that the in
terest of all parties would be served best
if he should defer his departure
until the dark moon, when the plan
devised could be put into operation.
This would necessitate a delay OF five
days.
Among our friends we were to pretend
that no importance attached to the mis-
give which the lady had thrown out. AS
a reason for his delay in not sailing the
Swedish captain was to say he had dis
covered leak in his ships top side after
he had loaded her, which made it neceS-
sary to careen her for repairs. 1t re-
quired much tact to avoid the captains
with whom we had been in daily com
pany, and to make excuses to stay
ashore late every night. We stayed
ashore to become acquainted with the
guards, whom we thought we could in
duce, by appearing to be half drunk and
by liberal use of money, to open the
gates for us at any time. The first night
we half-staggered up to the gate, handed
the guards one hundred piasters, and
then showed them orr empty pockets,
whereupon they allowed us to pass
through the gate, pointing to their hearts
to assure us that no one would pass that
way to molest us. Each of us carried
the usual paper lantern to illuminate
the way, and we were well armed with
pistols end cntlasses. During the day
we had paced the distance from the gate
to the spot where we might expect to
find the thread, and we now had but to
ace off the same number of steps in